Gerry Wood

Gerard Vincent Wood is an Australian politician. A former mayor of the Northern Territory shire of Litchfield, he was an independent member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2020, representing the electorate of [electoral division of electoral division of Nelson (Northern Territory)|Nelson (Northern Territory)|Nelson].

Retirement

Gerry Wood the independent MP for Nelson, formally announced his retirement in February 2019. He did not contest the 2020 Northern Territory general election.

Political views

Wood is a staunch opponent of abortion, having compared it to domestic violence and describing it as a "fashion" during parliamentary debates, but has condemned the harassment of women outside abortion clinics. He was one of four MLAs who opposed a bill that decriminalised abortion in the Northern Territory.